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Show Pago A3 vTIjc vTtmrs-3ii'prin- Thursday, September 13, 2001 tt Moab secures funding for higher ed. light r education lias had a prosente in Grand County tor over 30 years, ever since a delegation from Moab jietitioned the 1, gislature for funding in the late 1060s The original appropria turn of some $60,000 in the USU budget has now grown to wtll over $1 million, with programs in Carbon, Emery, Grand and 1 Continued from Page 41 that purchase and renovation of facilities will provide expanded opport unities for people w ho decide they want to do more' With their lives than flipping burgers." Adrien Taylor, chair of the Moab Higher Education HAPPY Long-terplans include building a larger campus or. Council, said this is a pivotal time fur the center. Where we are is an ideal location for this point in time, and the owner is x?fy E3. San Juan counties Adv isory willing to sell," she said. The current building lease expires next year, and the last year includes a balloon payment, w ith no assurance that a new lease could be negotiated at any lower price. CEU and Utah State University currently share the $60,000 r lease on the facilities, located at 125 West 200 South. CEU offers lower division work, and USU offers upper division and graduate work. Drive away Arches Repair Center 20 acres of land south of Moab donated by the Ray Holy oak Estate and currently held in the USU trust For the near future, the downtow n campus VlMIClt RtPAIR Vehicle will provide easy access and FOR PINT, at divcount price pre-owne- d, adequate space to enlarge class offerings substantially, while also building programs around economic development needs w M Viiii in 284 liKalion N. Main 259-495- 9 per-yea- The current site includes C(dfiBOfBIRP Ha FDIC-insii- nk-isMit- The de'egation attending the Community Impact Board's meeting in Cedar City last week is shown above, following acceptance of the purchase of the Moab Higher Education Center as a project Front row, from left, are School Supenntendent Ron Ferguson, Moab Center Planning Committee member Marjorie Wagner, Advisory Council member Mary von Koch; Advisory Council chan Adrien Taylor. CEU President Ryan Thomas, Moab Center Director Sharon Ziegler; USU Area Director and CEU Extension Director Kathleen Robinson, second row, Moab Area Chamber of Commerce Director Pat Rippee, Applied Technology College Associate Sam Taylor, USU Director of Rea! Pioperty AdministraDirector Ca'vin Hunt.Times-Independation Dale Huftaker; Moab City Councilman and Advisory Council member Kyle Bailey, Advisory Council member Harvey Merrell, Moab City Planner Robert Hugte, State Representative Max Young, and Chamber of Commerce President Sama will soon start woik planning a three buildings and parking lot, Two of four year Resource Management with City Hall adjacent. w ill need the buildings extensive program Tavlors presentation to the finishing andor renovation to C1B make them into useable space. emphasized the need for more will of the buildings Purchase options for people, the need of the economy, for diversification for free up more money program of A and the ronimu-mtthe new Hospitality supjNirt development. nr 435 24 hr The will soon application was critiManagement program :,flM eur Shew Ttauf w(In Wadi cized for lack of acual financial be ready for presentation to the hollywood.com state Board of Regents. participation from local entities, Showtimes tor 91401 which resulted in the otter of a for on work this the Credit All shows before 6 p m $4 50 matching-moneHr to new program goes largely package as part w of ho the and von Koch, funding plan Mary Ziegler nt ml to $100,000 v 259-444- S-- y aar 1 y Annual Percentage Yield (APY)-Intere- st cannot remain on deposit, period payout of interest is required Eftective 091101 Subject to availability and price change The fesaEush Hour amount received from a sale of a CO at current market value may be the same, more or less than the amount initially invested Nightly 7.00 Sat A Sun Matin 9 00 t 00 A 3 00 A Rat Race Call or stop by today. 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Over the next months, the agency drilled a second and thin! wells, but faired almost as poorly With their fourth well, they found what appeared to be an abundant water source coming out of a fracture in the sandstone bedrock. But the fracture appeared to be crumbling and in the well as fast as thev drilled. After two weeks being stuck at almost the same depth, the agency chose to test the well without drilling any further. That test conducted last week revealed that the well is capable of producing at least 850 fT?f7rri(;TRrra(rffTr Year-Roun- Continued front Page A1 The successful test of the d Economic Stability fil-in- Higher Education More Housing Address Senior Concerns New Hospital gpm, w hich, w hen combined w ond test with the larger pump might prove the well to have an even higher rapacity But Pierson said engineers will also monitor neighboring wells during the second test to ensure that pumping that much water out of t hear well wont hurt other wells If theres a signifi- cant on draw-dow- n them, well hat k off that rate " The new development is likely to move the controversial (liu.d-inDesert Lodge issue to k the forefront of the Grand County Council agenda. Since the April 2 public hearing, the council has post (Mined a final decision on Cloudrtnk, in part due questions regarding the availability of water But on Tuesday, council executive secretary Marsha Banta said she had yet not heard that issue w as back on the agenda to g ith the first well near the stornge tank, would be more than the minimum required by GWSSAs water system expansion Thesec- dMDGEl5bG3iE(HIti?23l - Visitation numbers are gloomy as summer winds down jjajffirnmig it Hn Twlti V baSAsm, Tourism continued at a sluggish pace through the OlilY EACH OWLY CK It AM TILL 74Mcb!h n,n 1 TODAYS Maw-2596- 2 0LY AT U PM ae 319 to SF1QNG YOUR LIFE SINCE 1931 Includes: iMt Nationwide Long Distance year-to-dat- e Sheet 130 E Center Moab 259-488- Free 7 Hours 10 am - 6 pm Additional Wireless Location. Mon-Fr- t Roatnbg In T2 Western States Free The total number of visitors at Arches during August was es- timated at 97,985, 6 2 percent off August 2000. 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